Sunday, May 29, 2005
Industrial Espionage - Trojan Horsy Style
With something that sounds totally out of a James Bond movie, top Israeli firms were caught spying on each other. Telecommunication companies, automotive and even sports clubs used tailor made Trojan horse programs that they somehow managed to plant in the corporations' computer to find out high level discreet information.
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The companies suspected of commissioning the espionage, which was carried out by planting Trojan horse software in their competitors' computers, include the satellite television company Yes, which is suspected of spying on cable television company HOT; cell-phone companies Pelephone and Cellcom, suspected of spying on their mutual rival Partner; and Mayer, which imports Volvos and Hondas to Israel and is suspected of spying on Champion Motors, importer of Audis and Volkswagens.
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